Pfaff, Kristen
Music
Age 27
May 26, 1967 - June 16, 1994
Forest Lawn Cemetery / Buffalo / New York / USA / North America
Kristen Pfaff came from a family of musicians so it came as no surprise, while attending the University of Minnesota, Kristen played in a number of lo...
Borden, Lizzie
Crime and their Victims
Age 66
July 19, 1860 - June 1, 1927
Oak Grove Cemetery / Fall River / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Lizzie Borden is infamous for being the prime suspect in the double murder of their father and step-mother. She was tried and acquitted and no one els...
Getty, Estelle
Show Business
Age 84
July 25, 1923 - July 22, 2008
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Even though she did achieve success as an actress at age 60, Estelle Getty was an actress and comedian best known for her portrayal of Sophia Petrill...
Ayler, Albert
Music
Age 34
July 13, 1936 - November 25, 1970
Highland Park Cemetery / Cleveland / Ohio / USA / North America
Ayler was an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist, singer and composer and the older brother of jazz trumpeter Donald Ayler. Ayler began recording m...
Putnam, Thomas
Crime and their Victims
Age 47
March 22, 1652 - June 3, 1699
Putnam Cemetery / Danvers / Massachusetts / USA / North America
Thomas Putnam was the father of afflicted girl Ann Putnam, Jr, and many historians consider him to be a major influence in the Salem Witch Trials. Put...
Hefner, Hugh
Business and Finance
Age 91
April 9, 1926 - September 27, 2017
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Hugh Hefner transformed the adult entertainment industry with his groundbreaking publication Playboy. From the first issue featuring Marilyn Monroe in...
Woodlawn, Holly
Show Business
Age 69
October 26, 1946 - December 6, 2015
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
As part of the Warhol posse who appeared in the movies Trash (1970) and Women in Revolt (1971), Holly Woodlawn is best known as "Holly" in Lou Reed's ...
Gibb, Andy
Music
Age 30
March 5, 1958 - March 10, 1988
Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery Hollywood Hills / Los Angeles / California / United States / North America
Andy Gibb was an English singer and teen idol, and the youngest brother of Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, aka the Bee Gees. He came to international f...
Beach, Sylvia
Writers and Poets
Age 75
March 14, 1887 - October 5, 1962
Princeton Cemetery / Princeton / New Jersey / USA / North America
In the 1920s and 1930s, Sylvia Beach owned and ran Shakespeare and Company, a Paris bookshop. The shop became the community center for "lost generatio...
Holliday, Doc
Historical Figure
Age 36
August 14, 1851 - November 8, 1887
Linwood Cemetery / Glenwood Springs / Colorado / USA / North America
As a gunslinger, gambler, and occasional dentist he is perhaps best known for his involvement in the notorious Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombston...
Jones, Sevilla
Crime and their Victims
Age 17
April 13, 1836 - January 13, 1854
New Boston Cemetery / New Boston / New Hampshire / United States / North America
In the 1800s Sevilla Jones was a 17-year-old girl who was shot dead by Henry Sargent one morning as she was walking to school with her younger brother...
Jones, Brian
Music
Age 27
February 28, 1942 - July 3, 1969
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire / Cheltenham Cemetery and Crematorium / Europe
Long-time Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman said of Brian Jones, "He formed the band. He chose the members. He named the band. He chose the music we p...
Herbert, Victor
Music
Age 65
February 1, 1859 - May 26, 1924
Woodlawn Cemetery / Bronx / New York / North America
Victor Herbert was one of the great composers and musicians of his era who enjoyed a prolific career that embraced a variety of musical genres. In add...
Rooney, Mickey
Show Business
Age 93
September 23, 1920 - April 6, 2014
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / Los Angeles / California / USA / North America
Star of stage, screen and television Mickey Rooney was know for his energy, charisma, versatility and longivity who died with only $18,000 to his name...